I Lost My Head at Cousin Hill

Kentucky Lake had record flooding last year and I wrote about it here.  This year all that flooding came back and bit us in the ass, because there's been practically no rain and the lake levels are extremely low.  Low water means it's hard to go boating in some of our favorite spots and the fishing isn't as good as it normally is.  But we're making the best of it and finding things to do in spite of the low water.

The other day Chablis and I loaded up our kayak's onto the pontoon boat and boated over to one of our favorite picnic spots on the lake - Cousin Hill.  We picked a nice day to do it, the sun was out and it was nice and warm.  Plus there was practically nobody else out on the lake.  I felt like we had the entire lake to ourselves.

We stopped to get gas and as we were pulling out of the marina, this sea plane landed right in front of us...

He motored right into the marina for gas.  I'd love to go up in one of those some day...

Once we got to Cousin Hill we tossed the kayak's in the water and paddled up and down the shoreline, just exploring a little bit....

Behind Cousin Hill there is a little pond, so we landed ashore and walked around the pond....

Co-incidentally, I have a geocache hidden over there, named "I Lost My Head at Cousin Hill."  There are only 2 ways to get to this cache - either come by boat or make the drive through the Land Between the Lakes down a road named The Trace to a little side road.  You then take that side road to a cemetery, park and hike to the cache.  Either way, it's a difficult trip.

I decided to do a little cache maintenance while we were there, so I checked on the cache, cleaned out the cache container and took a quick picture of part of the cache to show you.  Doesn't this just make you want to go find it??

Hahahaha!!!!  Come and get it!!

Appalachia & Beyond Giveaway

Appalachia & Beyond is hosting a giveaway and you can get in on it!  Visit their great blog at:

http://www.appalachiaandbeyond.com/2011/06/celebratory-giveaway-who-wants-pic-nic.html

They are giving away a pic-a-nic basket and you do not have to be Yogi and Boo Boo to enjoy this beauty.  The cool canvas basket is a hip update to the older wicker models and its chock full of goodies.  Where do you like to picnic?

My favorite place is a spot on Kentucky Lake that we call Cousin Hill. 

When my kids were little their cousins used to come visit us for 2 weeks each summer. We found this great little cove the first year they were all here together. It used to have a great sloping hill of sand and the kids would climb up it and then slide all the way down to the water.

We spent hours floating on tubes in this little cove and exploring the small pond behind the cove.

They christened it "Cousin Hill" and it is our favorite place on the lake.

The sand slope has pretty much been eaten away by erosion, but this is still a great cove to relax in.
There is even an abandoned shipwreck on shore.

So grab a blanket and hike over to Appalachia and Beyond and check out their blog. 
http://www.appalachiaandbeyond.com/2011/06/celebratory-giveaway-who-wants-pic-nic.html

I can guarantee that if I win that picnic basket that I will be celebrating the 4th of July at Cousin Hill with that red, white and blue little beauty!